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. H. s. BECKER HEADLIGHT FOR TOY ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES Filed Feb. 16. 1925 v Patented Dec.y 1925. n

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'HARRY s. BECKER, or CHICAGO, ILLINoIs, AssIGNoR 'ro AMERICANFLYER MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, or-CHICAGC, ILLINoIs, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

HEADLIGHT FOR TOY ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES.

Application led February To all 'whom t may Concem:

Be it known that I, HARRY S. BECKER, a Citizen of theV United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of 6 Illinois, have invented certain new and .use-

ful Improvements in Headlights for vToyl ,Electric Locomotives, of -which the follow- I ing'is a specification. l

This'inventio'n relates to ^toy electric raill wa s and more particularly to a novel headlig t construction Ifor toy locomotives.

In toy 'train design it is desirable to follow .the'general appearance and general arrangement ofmodern electric locomotives of the type used on traction lines and railways, and

to that end it is proposed7 to provide a head` V light construction having the appearance of headlights usually found on standard equipment, and yet possessing novel structural features peculiar to conditions and problems involved in toy car construction. Y

Accordingly, the present invention has primarily in view the provision of a headlight construction wherein the housin or lamp box may be readily attached to an detached from the roof of the cab of the locomotive or car, without the use of special tools, thereby facilitating the replacement of the electric lamp whenever necessary. Thus,

' it is one of the objects of the present inven- ,tion to provide, in combination withfthe cab or car roof, a lamp socket positioned beneath the roof and a readily detachabley lamp box supported on the roof over the lamp position. A further'object of the invention is to provide a lamp box construction which completel houses and protects the lamp from accciffental injury, thereby increasing the factor of safety withrespect tothe head-A light installation. -,In that. connectlon 1t 1s desired to .also arrange the headlight in such a osition within the hood that the lamp wi not roject beyond the front of the headlight ood or casing `thus centralizing the lamp and serving to inoreconsplcuously illuminate windows or openings in the sides of the headlight housing through which may be seen either a colored screen or a number painted on a transparent medium fitted and held within the lam box proper. y

With the above and other objects in view which will morev readily appear as the na-o ture of the invention is better understood, the .-same consists in the novel construction,

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combination and arrangement of parts here-v inafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed. Y E

A. preferred andpractical embodiment of the invention is shown 'in the vaccompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a cab or car roof showing the location and arrangement of the headlight construction. J

Fig. 2 is a ilongitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Fig 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken on the line- 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Figure 4 is a vertical cross sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig 2.

Similar reference. characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawin s.

According to the orm of the invention shwninl the drawings it is proposed to provide a lamp support designated generally as A and a lamp-box unit detachably itted to the cab or car roof C, the purpose of such arrangement being primarily to permit of ready access to the lamp support, While at the same time affording concealment and protection to the lamp to simulate as closely as possible the appearance of headlights on modern locomotives or cars.

Referrin to Figure 1 it will be observed that the ca -roof C is provided with a circular opening 1 having at opposite sides thereof the parallel slots 2 which mayI communicate with the opening 1 as shown. At the rear of the opening l 'there is also preferably provided a transverse slot 3 which assists in holding the reflector of the lamplbox-as will presently appear.

`through an opening 1n the portion 6 of the bracket- 4 as clearlyshown in Figures 3 and` 4. For the purpose of holding the washers 8 and 9 and the intervening ller washer 9 together, thereby to secure the-screw shell Contact 7 in place, a rivet or other fastening is utilized, the same constituting a terminal for the feed wire W of the lamp circuit and furthermore constituting the center-plug contact 11 of the lamp socket. As

5 will be clear from the dra-wings the said lin medium 19 whichin turn may b'e held in posocket S is readily accessible through the opening in the roof C whereby the lamp L may be readily fitted in position.

'.ihe lamp-box unit B preferably com-- prises a hood member 12 which is of substantially U-shaped formationand of sufiicient width to 'project `reasonably beyond the diameter of thelamp L thereby to fully conceal the same 'when in position.` The said silient metal and the sides or leg portions thereof are provided with the offset holding feet 13 adapted to fit in the slots 2 thereby to -hold the hood in position. The

upper or central part` of the-hood is offset as shown at l2*1 thereby to provide a recess which lmay receive the arm 14 of a reflector `member 15. Thisreflector member.v is provided with a depending tongue 16 for enter- I ing the slot 3 in the car roof and serves to close the rear end ofthe hood thereby to throw lthe light rays from the lamp forward.

The offset portion 12 l in addition to providing a seat for the arm 14 Which may be fastened thereto by means of the rivet 17 or its equivalent also further serves to lsimulate the ventilator of a st-andard lamp box.

The side walls ofthe hoodl 12 may als be provided'with windows 18 which rmay be covered on the inside with a transparent sition by springing the resilient clip 20 in place, the sald clip being providedwith openings21 for registering'with the yopenhood 12 so that the feet 13 thereof will disengage the slotsv 2; i' The reflector member as well as the transparent medium inside of the hood are all carried therewith by reason ofl .the 'construction'l described `so that when the lamp box isremoved to replace or adjusti'the lamp L, none of the parts 'will separate greatly facilitating the manipula-- thereb tion ot the lamp box for that pur ose.

Without further description itis thought that the features and advantages of the invention will be lreadily apparent to those 'skilled in the art, and it willof course be understood that changes in the form, propor# tion and minor-details of construction' may hood member 12 is preferably made of re adapted to receive the plug of' mensa? be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of the invention and scope of theappended claims.

1. A headlight construction for toy locomotives including the combination with the cab roof, of a lamp supportarranged beneath the cab roof and including a socket arranged beneath an o ening in the roof,

and a lamp box detacha ly fitted to the roof over the opening whereby its removal will permit access to said socket, said lamp box comprising a hood having means for detachably interlocking with the cabroof at each side of the opening therein, and a reflector member carried b said hood thereby Y to be removable therewit as a unit from the cab roof. I

2.' A headli ht construction for to locomotives inclu ing in combination with the cab roof having 'an opening, a lamp socket arranged beneath said openingyand a lamp box detachably engaging with the cab roof adj acentsaid opening and comprisin a hood member having relatively compresslble side portions adapted to engage w1'th the openx ing in the roof, Aa reflector member carried by the hood and adapted to-be arranged in' the rear of a lamp fitted in said socket. 3. A headli ht construction for toy locomotives inclu ing in combination vw1th the y cab roof having a circular opening and parallelslots communicating therewith, a lamp socket arranged-beneath the circular portion 'of the opening, .and a substantially inverted U-shaped hood having resilient leg portions adapted to engage with said slots at the opposite Vsides of said opening. 4. A headlight, construction for toy locomotives inclu ing in combination wlth the cab roofhaving an opening, a lamp socketbeneath the opening and a lamp box unit fitted `to the car roof above the opening,

-, vvsaid lamp box unit being open at the ffront end to emit the light of a lamp in the socket and having openings in the side Walls, a transparent medium adapted to 'cover the inside portionof said openings, and a re-v slient clip for holding said transparentmedium in os'ition.v

5. A hea light construction for toy locomotives inclu ing a lamp box 'adapted to be carried by the roof of the locomotive and comprisin a hood member 4constitutingthe sidesogthe lamp box and provided at the top thereof withv an' offset portion', a refiector member including an arm adapted to fit Asaidoffset portion' of thethood`l `member, and means for fastening said arm to the hood.-

6. A headlight construction for toy locomotives comprising, in combination', a cab roof having a lamp access opening, a lam socket supported beneath sald 'opening an a lamp inserted through' the opening, and a lamp box comprising a. body including a substantially inverted U-shaped hood detachably fitted to the roof over said opening.

7. A headlight construction for toy locomotives including the combination With the cab roof having an opening, of a lamp support carried by the insidepof the roof and underlying said opening, and a socket including center-plug and screw-shell contacts carried by the part of said support located beneath the opening thereby to receive the plug of a lamp, and a lamp box including a hood detachably fitted to the roof over the opening.

8. A headlight construction for toy locomotives including in combination Witl the cab roof having an opening, an angular bracketcarried by the under side of the cab roof and having one end located beneath said opening, a lamp socket carried by the bracket,l an insulating center-plug contact carried by the bracket and constituting a line- W'ire terminal, and a lamp box fitted to the cab roof over the opening therein.

y9.4 A headlight construction for toy locomotives comprising the combination with the cab roof having an opening, of a support including electrical lamp terminals a1'- ranged beneath said opening and adapted to receive the plug of a lamp, and a hood simulating a headlight casing of standard locomotives detachably engaging the cab roof adjacent the opening.

10. A headlight construction for toy locomotives comprising the combination with the cab roof having an opening, of a support beneath said opening including lamp terminals one of which is adapted to receive the screw plug of a lamp inserted through the opening while the bulb of the lamp is projected above the cab root', and a hood comprising a body of substantially U-shaped formation and having a reflector at one end thereof and open at the other end, and the sides of said body being cornpressible and adapted to detachably engage with the car root' at opposite sides of the opening.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature. HARRY S. BECKER. 

